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Sometimes I think it’s easy to get swept up overdoing your wedding reception tables – from lots of elaborate table centrepieces, to knick-knacks that hark back to the days you first met and table names declaring the countries you’ve holidayed in.

I think it’s good to remember that if you don’t feel compelled to do all those things, you can still make your wedding tables look inviting and welcoming with a few pretty dishes, maybe some worn-silver serving spoons, and a jug of flowers. For our wedding we wanted a relaxed dinner party feel for our meal, and so took inspiration from family meals in the garden and evenings with friends.

So many brides-to-be are busy collecting teacups and saucers to serve tea at their wedding, but why not find a different use for them that’s a little different to the norm? I love this idea of serving soup in vintage teacups (as seen above it looks even nicer if you have the saucer to go with it) as part of your wedding dinner.

It’s really refreshing to see an alternative use for vintage teacups – I know the one above has two handles and therefore was perhaps designed to hold soup, but I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t serve soup from ordinary teacups. While you’re at it, why not serve croutons or bread from gravy jugs – any other clever ideas for using vintage crockery for different elements of your wedding other than serving tea?

We have a super exciting exclusive offer for our readers today – a 10% discount on all orders of wine and Prosecco from Nothing But The Grape, who specialise in organic fine wines. No wedding is complete without some bubbly to celebrate with, so why celebrate with wine produced on vineyards that respect and nurture their soil, vines and grapes.

Nothing But The Grape are a small independent wine importer, who believe “that all good wine comes from good grapes and we believe that organic methods of farming can produce the ripest and healthiest grapes, which in turn can produce wines of the highest quality.” They care so much about their wines and where they come from, that there’s a whole section on their website where you can find out about the producers.

If like me, you don’t really know too much about which wine goes with what type of food, you can take your wedding menu and look at Nothing But The Grape’s food pairing suggestions on their website to match the perfect tipple to your meal.